Date Approved by LUFA Executive: 13 November 2020 Collegial Governance: What You Need to Know For centuries, universities have been run by an alliance of stakeholders comprised of faculty, staff, students, administrators, and community [...]
Date Approved by LUFA Executive: 13 November, 2020 Contract Lecturer issues – What you need to know In 2018, researchers from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and CUPE collected data from 78 universities on contract faculty issues and [...]
What are LUFA’s bargaining priorities? LUFA’s priorities are: 1) reject proposed short-term layoff provisions; 2) improve our pension plan; 3) update the equity, diversity, and inclusiveness policy; 4) improve working conditions for contract [...]
From the OCUFA website The concept of micro-credentials has gained increasing popularity in postsecondary education recently. These short-term, highly targeted certificate courses focus on developing specific skills or knowledge. However, there [...]
Dear Members of the Lakehead University Faculty Association: The Association and the Board of Governors met on Wednesday November 11, 2020 for a second day of mediated talks. You will recall that the parties had originally agreed to two days of [...]
The report of OCUFA the Working Group on Student Questionnaires on Courses and Teaching (SQCT) has now been released. Prompted by increasing reports of the misuse of results and the harassment of faculty through anonymous comments, and by [...]
The OCUFA Service Award was established six years ago to honour individuals who have done, or continue to do, exceptional work on behalf of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations and its Members. Up to six awards may be [...]
CAUT is soliciting nominations for the Bernice Schrank Award. The Award was established in 2013 to recognize outstanding contributions to the enforcement of academic staff workplace rights through grievance/arbitration. Criteria Eligible [...]
The 2016 Ontario Budget made headlines for its changes to student financial aid in Ontario. By repackaging and re-focusing existing financial aid programs, the Government of Ontario has made a bold promise: that for certain low-income students [...]
CAUT Statement Regarding the 2016/2017 Federal Budget After years of austerity measures and attacks against science and scientists, Canada needs a new vision to get science right and improve accessibility and quality of post-secondary education. [...]
Fifty years ago, the Government of Ontario began to invest in the university sector, increasing the number of institutions and the spaces available to qualified students. This has allowed us to make huge gains in access and quality. But now, [...]
TORONTO – The 2015 Ontario Budget repeatedly acknowledges that universities are vital to economic prosperity, yet does not make any new investments in public funding for higher education institutions. In fact, under the current plan, per-student [...]
OCUFA launched its election website last week with the goal of educating and empowering Ontario voters and highlighting the importance of higher education in the election campaign. It offers a Take Action feature which allows voters to call on [...]
